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As Jenny lay on the obstetrician’s examination table, she was grateful that the ultrasound tech had turned off the overhead screen. She didn’t want to see the two shadows floating inside her. Since making her decision, she had tried hard not to think about them, though she could often think of little else. She was 45 and pregnant after six years of fertility bills, ovulation injections, donor eggs and disappointment — and yet here she was, 14 weeks into her pregnancy, choosing to extinguish one of two healthy fetuses, almost as if having half an abortion. As the doctor inserted the needle into Jenny’s abdomen, aiming at one of the fetuses, Jenny tried not to flinch, caught between intense relief and intense guilt.

“Things would have been different if we were 15 years younger or if we hadn’t had children already or if we were more financially secure,” she said later. “If I had conceived these twins naturally, I wouldn’t have reduced this pregnancy, because you feel like if there’s a natural order, then you don’t want to disturb it. But we created this child in such an artificial manner — in a test tube, choosing an egg donor, having the embryo placed in me — and somehow, making a decision about how many to carry seemed to be just another choice. The pregnancy was all so consumerish to begin with, and this became yet another thing we could control.”

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Originally posted by chomperx9
Children should not make Children, so at that point I dont see a problem with abortions

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Originally posted by dadudemon


I also see the "morning after" pill being a better option than abortion. [/B]

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Originally posted by dadudemon
Then it doesn't matter if you destroy a creature you paid to have created. It's not murder. It's not an affront to an objective truth. It's not even morally wrong.

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Originally posted by dadudemon
If the babies:

1. Don't have eternal souls.
2. Will never be able to speak out against their murderers.
3. Lack the ability to even comprehend anything (because they are not developed enough).
4. And no God exists meaning no objective morality cares about the death of a lump of cells that only loosely resembles a mature version of that species.

Then it doesn't matter if you destroy a creature you paid to have created. It's not murder. It's not an affront to an objective truth. It's not even morally wrong.

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Originally posted by ADarksideJedi
I have no idea how people don't think it is not murder when it is. All babies are living reather people believe that or not. Abortion is killing a baby just because a parent made the mistake.
Now why should the baby pay for her or his parent's mistake? If people don't want kids don't sleep with anyone or becareful. I also feel that it is pretty selfish why go through all that trouble? It is not worth it.

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Originally posted by theICONiac
How come I am not allowed to beat my dog to death with a claw hammer in the middle of my kitchen floor if I so choose??

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Originally posted by ADarksideJedi
I have no idea how people don't think it is not murder when it is. All babies are living reather people believe that or not. Abortion is killing a baby just because a parent made the mistake.
Now why should the baby pay for her or his parent's mistake? If people don't want kids don't sleep with anyone or becareful. I also feel that it is pretty selfish why go through all that trouble? It is not worth it.

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Originally posted by ADarksideJedi
I have no idea how people don't think it is not murder when it is.

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Originally posted by -Pr-
I'm pro-choice; I believe in a woman's right to choose, but that's straight f*cked. What a complete and utter b*tch.

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Originally posted by Bardock42
Why?

How is this morally different from a normal abortion in your mind?

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Originally posted by -Pr-
I'm not talking about morality as such. It's her reasons for doing it that irk me.

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Originally posted by Bardock42
Well, if we take her at face value "not financially secure enough" seems to be one of the main contenders for reasons for abortion generally.

I suppose if there's no medical issue, you can't really make a good argument for why she's not just carries them to term and puts one up for abortion.